Copy dialog result to Clipboard
Copy dialog result to Clipboard
- Subject: Copy dialog result to Clipboard
- From: Applescript Member <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 14:03:30 -0700
How is a dialog result copied to the Clipboard?
Thanks,
Jeff
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:49:17 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #520 - 4 msgs
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1. Finder inopportunely activates. (Emmanuel)
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2. Re: Read File Problems (Charles Arthur)
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3. sending form data with IE 5 (matt holland)
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4. Timeout Function acting weird!!! (William Jamieson)
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Message: 1
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:15:36 +0100
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From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
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Subject: Finder inopportunely activates.
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Is it me? Well-known bug?
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Running the following line:
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tell application "Finder"
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get original item of WhateverAlias
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end tell
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will activate the Finder.
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This is very inappropriate.
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Are there any other such commands?
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Emmanuel, happy user of OS9.1, AS1.5.5.
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Message: 2
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 07:14:56 +0000
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From: Charles Arthur <email@hidden>
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Subject: Re: Read File Problems
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On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 01:20:15 +0000 Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
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wrote:
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....
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> Interesting that "\r" string. It actually compiles as a return. I didn't
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Hey. someone's got hold of Nigel's computer while he was off making some
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tea or something. I can't believe he would have written a sentence like
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that second one. :-)
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This for me though is the delight of this list (and the Net generally):
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stumbling across new ideas that other people have taken for granted for
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ages and being able to incorporate them in future work.
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Charles
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http://www.ukclimbing.com : 1,000+ British crags, 350+ British climbing walls
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- searchable by distance rock type, etc, with 5-day weather forecasts for
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every one - plus maps, articles, news, and the New Routes database. There's
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even a cool shop attached...
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Message: 3
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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 21:24:42 -0800
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From: matt holland <email@hidden>
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Subject: sending form data with IE 5
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Hi all,
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I've been working on a script for the past few weeks to automate the submittal
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of ebay items, using a Filemaker Pro database, and IE. Everything seems to
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work except for submitting the html containing the description text.
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At first I had to escape the quote marks using a backslash to get the script
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to compile, now it compiles but it only works when I omit the variable
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representing the description text. IE will otherwise report "some data could
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not be read"
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I tried to use the Encode URL osax at
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http://www.infomotions.com/tricks/manuscript/1880-0003.html however this
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didn't solve the problem.
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I uploaded my script and associated FMP database to
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http://www.speakeasy.org/~mholland/AS/ebayauto.sit I wasn't sure if there was
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an acceptable limit for lengths of posts, so I'm playing the safe route by
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letting you download it.
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For context this is for selling vinyl records. (on my way down from a 6 year
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dj hobby/career)
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Thanks in advance for all help!
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-matt
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Message: 4
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:36:50 +1100
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Subject: Timeout Function acting weird!!!
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From: William Jamieson <email@hidden>
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To: AppleScript List <email@hidden>, William
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Jamieson <email@hidden>
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Hi All,
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I am attempting to use the AppleScript timeout command for a variety of
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applications. Yet I find that I am getting inconsistent results.
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If I use the delay command between the timeout command it does not give me a
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timeout error (try using the code below).
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try
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with timeout of 8 seconds
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delay 10
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end timeout
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beep 2
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on error errMsg number errNum
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activate
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display dialog "Error: " & errNum & " " & errMsg
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end try
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However I hold the an application open with a dialog I can generate a
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timeout error (-1712) (try using the code below).
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try
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with timeout of 8 seconds
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tell application "Finder"
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activate
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display dialog "Holding Finder Open" giving up after 10
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end tell
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end timeout
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beep 2
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on error errMsg number errNum
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activate
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display dialog "Error: " & errNum & " " & errMsg
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end try
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If I hold the an application open with a repeat statement I cannot generate
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the timeout error (try using the code below).
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set x to 0
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try
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with timeout of 1 seconds
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repeat 2000000
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set x to x + 1
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end repeat
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end timeout
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beep 2
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on error errMsg number errNum
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activate
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display dialog "Error: " & errNum & " " & errMsg
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end try
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I am currently using Mac OS 9.1 and AppleScript 1.5.5. If anyone has had
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any similar experience, has solutions to these issues or just knows the
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rules that apply I would be very appreciative. Thanks for your time.
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Regards
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William Jamieson
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Systems Developer
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Smart Works Systems
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